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5226. It was narrated from. Abfi Al-&was, from his father, that he came to the Prophet @ wearing shabby clothes. The Prophet @ said to him: "Do you have any wealth?" He said: "Yes, all kinds of ,wealth." He said: "What kinds of wealth?" He said: "Allih has given me camels, cattle, sheep, horses and slaves." He said: "If A U ~ has I .given you wealth, then let the effect of AllWs blessing and generosity be seen on you." .qOOA:c
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The appropriate dress is the one which avoids miserliness, extravagance, nudity, ostentation, and arrogance. Unnatural affectation is blameworthy in the matter of dress that plunges a man into self-imposed hardship. Wearing silk and letting the dress hang below the ankles, for men, is Harām, irrespective of with whatever intention it is done, although a legal excuse or compulsion legitimized by the Divine law merits consideration.